In recent years, Latin America has transformed into one of the strongest hubs for technology startups. While places like Mexico City and Medellin were once known as areas of crime and poverty, they’ve now turned into some of the fastest growing economies for technology and innovation. It’s no surprise then that many adventurous entrepreneurs have taken the plunge and...[Click to read more]

Now that the long Labor Day weekend is over, it’s time to get back to work. For a few of us that means working from home. According to the American Time Use Survey, the share of workers doing some or all of their work at home grew to 24 percent in 2015 from 19 percent...[Click to read more]

If you want to be productive, step away from your cubicle and go back home. That’s what FlexJobs’ new survey of more than 5,500 professionals found. Survey: Workers get their best work done at home The majority of survey respondents — 66% — said they preferred working at home to working in a traditional office. Perhaps these...[Click to read more]

With the multitude of new technologies that are emerging every day, the role remote access plays, and how significant its impact will be on this evolving working environment can sometimes be overlooked. In recent years remote access has gone from the IT support tool to unexpected hero of the workplace – overcoming geographical boundaries and...[Click to read more]

We live in a time of endless distractions, yet we’re expected to be more productive than ever. This weird conundrum (‘must maintain strong social media presence and reply to all emails at same time as excelling in career and working on a creatively fulfilling side hustle’) has fueled the rise of ‘bio-hacking’ – the practice...[Click to read more]

The success of any industry depends on two major factors: increased productivity and reduced costs. Industries all over the world are involved in continuous brainstorming to find out ways to increase their productivity, while at the same time minimize reducing the cost to generate more profits. You need to find ways to improve your workflow process...[Click to read more]

“Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything,” wrote Paul Krugman more than 20 years ago. “A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise output per worker.” There is a virtuous cycle between productivity and people: Higher levels of productivity allow society...[Click to read more]

Tech and many other industries are embracing work from home policies to give employees more flexibility. Companies also benefit with improved worker retention, reduced absenteeism, increased productivity, and improved health, studies show. “People have been advocating for change in this area for decades, and for a long time, those conversations have been siloed,” said Emma Plumb, director...[Click to read more]

Gig work is great, if you can handle being your own boss. The exact nature of the work is secondary. To make it, independent contractors of all stripes have to be organized, hit deadlines, and bring your “A” game to every job, regardless of how big or little. A lot of gig work is done...[Click to read more]

Working from home can be both a blessing and a curse. You can attend a conference call in your jammy-jams, choose your own laptop-friendly work venue and keep your fur babies company all day. But it can also mean less social interaction, not leaving the house for days and a confused boundary between work and...[Click to read more]